Purpose Sarcomas are cancers of connective tissue and account for approximately 10–15% of all cancer cases in children aged ≤16 years. Treatment often involves chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy.

Objectives To systematically analyse parent-to-parent guidance for those receiving a diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) to inform clinician counselling and advance development of support ...

Objectives Head circumference (HC) measurements are an important indicator of health in childhood, and a useful diagnostic tool for the detection of infantile hydrocephalus. Despite this, there is ...

Aims: To examine the childhood overweight and obesity prevalence trends between 1974 and 2003 and to assess whether these trends relate to parental social class and household income. Methods: A school ...

Background Stunting, defined as height-for-age under 2 standard deviations below the population median, is an important indicator of child health. Stunting has been extensively researched in ...

Objective To describe the demographic characteristics, causes and temporal patterns of child deaths occurring in a paediatric ...

Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition involving movement and muscle tone difficulties due to injury to the developing brain. Most cases arise around birth, but a smaller ...

The third British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) survey of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in infants presenting before 90 days of age, reported in this edition of Archives, informs us that ...

Background Understanding why children die is important for grieving parents and for informing system improvements aimed at prevention and future care. Many countries have child death review (CDR) ...

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Background and objective Speech disorders are a common presenting concern to paediatricians. Yet evidence to guide detection and speech sound therapy referral of cases at risk for persistent speech ...

Introduction The CORAL (Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic on Allergic and Autoimmune Dysregulation in Infants Born During Lockdown) study reported a reduction in social communication milestones in ...